2020 Winterim
Keynote
After working for biotechnology companies, she committed herself to grow the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Hong Kong and throughout Asia. She is now an advisor for Betatron, a startup accelerator based in Hong Kong investing in early-stage companies. She also works as a venture partner raising capital for biotech and healthcare companies in emerging markets.
Currently, she is launching a new nonprofit, Ethics in Entrepreneurship a social movement aimed at implementing ethics within the tech industry. EIE acts as the connective tissue between tools, resources, and experts to implement ethics into the core of their businesses.
Winterim 2020 Overview/Booklet
Winterim 2020 Schedule
Winterim Judges, Mentors and Speakers
At Winterim, our students met an outstanding network of engaging professionals, and our volunteers met the students who will become their next colleague, customer or employee. Below is the list of the volunteers who joined us for Winterim 2020. We are grateful for their time and talent.
Team Mentors
Kanika Agrawal - Business Consultant at Hitachi
Chris Bailey - Micro-Enterprise Developer
Mitch Daugherty - Cofounder and Director of Built Oregon
Amber Moore - Founder of Moore Communications
Scott Owen - Innovation Marketing Manager of Bolt Threads
Dana Plautz - Entrepreneur, co-President MrsP.com
Mark Reed - Owner of MJP Management
Matt Rhoades - Master/Professor Strategic Design and Innovation program DeTao School of Design
Enrique Sánchez-Rivera - CEO of Augmented Island Studios
Tawny Schlieski – President of Oregon Story Board, Founder of Shovels and Whiskey
Roaming Mentors
Renee Allums - Founder & CEO of CultureTize
David Harris - Executive at Harris Oil, banking and insurance
Marcus Harvey - Founder of Portland Gear
Amanda Hill Retired CMO/CCO (CMCO) of Harrods
Brent Hutchings - CEO of North River Boats
Shashi Jain - Innovation Manager at Intel
Michelle Janke - Partner at Coraggio Group
Hongda Jiang - M&A Finance Integration Lead - Intel Capital
Bob Julier Retired Director of Business Research, The Dow Chemical Company
Emma Mcilroy - CEO of Wildfang
Ben McKinley Founder/CEO Cascade Web Development
Skip Newberry - President and CEO of Technology Association of Oregon
Kate Rood - Organizational Development and Culture Director of Beneficial State Foundation
Eric Schindler Product Director, Global Apparel for Nike Running
Jamie Schmidt - Founder of Schmidt’s Naturals and Supermaker, co-founder of Color
Cara Snow - Chief Community Engagement Officer Technology Association of Oregon
Steve Strauss - Senior USA TODAY columnist
Serilda Summers-McGee Founder/Principal of Workplace Change, LLC
Rick Turoczy - Founder - Silicon Florist, PIE, TechFest NW, Oregon Story Board
Paul Vogel - Managing Director of Teneo
Nicole Vollebregt - Adidas’ SVP of Global Purpose
Judges
John Bates - Retired Professor, Life Trustee
Diane Fraiman - Director of Voyager Capital
Jim Huston - Managing Director of Portland Seed Fund
Cliff Johnson – Chief Commercial Officer of Rented.com
Mohan Nair - Senior VP & Chief Innoviation Officer at Cambia Health Solution
Nita Shah - Founder and ED of Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO)
Suzanne Stevens - Editor of the Portland Business Journal
Speakers
J Cheema - Freelancer
Erika Cheung - Founder of Ethics in Entrepreneruship
Sara Conte - Entrepreneur, Management Consultant at SGC Ventures
Meredith Goddard -Director of Enterprise Applications; Innovation Instructor at Lewis & Clark
Carl Guess – Executive Presentation Coach at Elevator Speech
Lori Hennessy - Membership Development Director, Waverly Country Club
Chrys Hutchings - Associate Director, Bates Center
Fred Jacobs - Chief Revenue Officer, Apex Fund Services
James Keller - Sr. Director of UX, Firefox at Mozilla
Charlie Lambropoulos Co-Founder of ScrumLaunch
Robin Wang – Executive Director of Ascent Funding
LinkedIn Photographer
Nina Johnson - Nina Johnson: Photography
